The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection

Thomas Spence series, Mule Halfpence (6), from the same obv. die as previous, revs. lion and cock (3), spence edge, 11.11g/6h (DH 889), edge engrailed, 9.16g/6h (DH 889a), edge plain, 12.30g/6h (DH 889b), men under tree, 10.10g/6h (DH 890), boys at turnstile, 10.17g/6h (DH 891); guillotine, 10.43g/5h (DH 892) [6]. Last three extremely fine but DH 891 with area of light corrosion on obverse, others about extremely fine, DH 889a and 890 rare £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Late Robinson S. Brown Jr Collection.

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Provenance: DH 889 W.J. Noble Collection, Part I, Noble Numismatics Pty, Auction 58B (Melbourne), 7-8 July 1998, lot 629 (part) [from P. Flanagan June 1983], bt J.A. Bobbe September 1998; DH 889a F.S. Cokayne Collection, bt A. Davisson April 1998; DH 889b bt W. Anderson January 1996; *DH 890 bt J.A. Bobbe August 1998; DH 891 SCMB June 1964, T.A. Jan Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 347 (part), M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 280 (part), bt F. Seymour September 1994; DH 892 bt M.Z. Gerson November 1981